The Department's Office for Civil Rights will solicit public comments to help decide how best to improve current regulations to assist America's students with disabilities.
The Group Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance Plan can help provide the added financial security your loved ones may need if an accident happens to you.
Wilhelmina Holder, a longtime education advocate in Newark who died last week, believed in students’ brilliance. “We expect great things from you,” she told them.
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If you wanted to keep up with Wilhelmina Holder, you had to move fast.
The nation’s largest union, the 3-million-member National Education Association, has asked its members and allies to demand an end to federal dollars being spent on for-profit corporate charter schools.
“All schools that receive public funds should be held to the same excellence, equity, and transparency standards as district-run public schools," said the NEA in a statement released April 7. "The original intent of charter schools was to provide a space for educators to be more flexible and innovative."
As food services area supervisor, managing all of the food services in the Hoover High cluster of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), she is highly respected among her peers. Holmer puts her heart into everything she does, on the job and in her free time.
She began her worklife running a family-owned business for 12 years.
“I am proud that 95% of students in my school go on to college. College is a very important aspect for our students who are first generation [post-secondary students] in their families. As soon as students enter our high school, we work to expose them to college readiness.”